'The world is not thy friend' bears inscription on old label 'Need and oppression starveth in thine eyes; Contempt and beggary hangs upon thy back; The world is not thy friend/Shakespeare/Picture by O.O./60a Brook Street/Grosvenor Square' (verso),oil on canvas136 x 106cm (53 9/16 x 41 3/4in).

Footnotes

The inscription on the label is an extract from William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' Act 5, Scene 1.

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